Oprah, wow! You did it Girl, the things no one could do. <br />You walked the walk and talked the talk, to make your dreams come true. <br /> <br />You never listened to the lies that told you what to be. <br />You hearkened to your drummer and scored a symphony. <br /> <br />As you've grown, you've changed our lives, in things that you've expressed. <br />You've made the world a better place, with subjects, now addressed. <br /> <br />You never sugarcoat the truth, to speak it is your cross. <br />You say what's right and righteous, and with it bare the cost. <br /> <br />What race are you? You're human, and running out in front, <br />To lead the world to understand, we must earn what we want. <br /> <br />You shine in your example, while reaching for your stars. <br />And when you speak you show the world, you know just what we are. <br /> <br />Green or striped, we are alike, we all bleed red and die. <br />We love our friends and family. We're born, we laugh and cry. <br /> <br />All of us together, at home on mother earth. <br />All of us God's children and each of us with worth. <br /> <br />So Oprah, know, you did it Girl! The love is clear in you. <br />May each of us aspire now, to follow in your shoes.<br /><br />Jane Van Doe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-oprah/
